{"id":582239,"date":"2010-05-27T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-5-27-10\/"},"modified":"2010-05-27T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T00:20:00","slug":"daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-5-27-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582239","title":{"rendered":"Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 5.27.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"u-turn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/06\/u-turn-banner.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-1\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/2011-ford-shelby-gt500-first-drive\/\" class=\"uturn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/lead1shelbygt500fd2011-1274971047_thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a  title=\"View First Drive: 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 is a heart-starting jolt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/2011-ford-shelby-gt500-first-drive\/\">First Drive: 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 is a heart-starting jolt<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>What makes the 2011 GT500 better than its predecessor? A lot more than just 550 horsepower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/first-drive-2011-audi-q7-downsizes-with-an-upside\/\" class=\"uturn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/lead1audiq7qs2011_thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a  title=\"View First Drive: 2011 Audi Q7 downsizes with an upside\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/first-drive-2011-audi-q7-downsizes-with-an-upside\/\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">First Drive: 2011 Audi Q7 downsizes with an upside<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>If there&#8217;s to be a singular automotive theme guiding us into the second decade of the 21st century, it&#8217;s downsizing. If not in dimensions, then in displacement. And the newest posterchild comes in an unlikely wrapper: the 2011 Audi Q7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-2\">\n<div class=\"minipost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/report-ford-said-to-be-shutting-doors-at-mercury\/\" class=\"uturn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/jill-wagner-with-2006-mercury-milan-adopta_thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/report-ford-said-to-be-shutting-doors-at-mercury\/\" title=\"View Report: Ford considering shutting down Mercury division\" >Ford considering shutting down Mercury division?<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>If a report by Bloomberg is to be believed, Mercury isn&#8217;t long for this world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Also of interest:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/is-chris-bangle-headed-back-to-fiat\/\">Is <strong>Chris Bangle<\/strong> headed back to Fiat?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/report-gm-sued-for-unauthorized-use-of-einstein\/\"><strong>GM sued<\/strong> for unauthorized use of Einstein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/report-house-committee-passes-bill-requiring-black-boxes-brake\/\">House committee passes bill <strong>requiring black boxes, brake overide<\/strong> systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/report-cadillac-to-get-seven-seat-lambda-variant\/\"><strong>Cadillac to get seven-seat Lambda<\/strong> variant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/rumormill-bugatti-developing-secret-continental-gt-based-electr\/\">Rumormill: <strong>Bugatti <\/strong>developing secret <strong>Continental GT-based electric supercar<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/uturn\"><small>Browse our archive of Daily U-Turn posts or subscribe to the RSS feed<br \/>\n<\/small><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/daily-u-turn-what-you-missed-on-5-27-10\/\">Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 5.27.10<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 27 May 2010 19:20:00 EST.  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First Drive: 2011 Audi Q7 downsizes with an upside If there&#8217;s to be a singular automotive theme guiding us into the second decade of the 21st century, it&#8217;s downsizing. 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